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How to check if a ticket is still open or has been closed?

If I open a position with OrderSend setting a take profit and a stop loss, how can I check if it is still open or, on the contrary, it has been closed because of the stop_loss or the take profit?

Solution

  • you must have ticketId that you received when you send OrderSend() request.
    In order to figure out whether the trade is open or not, use the following: 

     int ticket; //your ticket from OrderSend in global variables
 bool isOrderExist(const int _ticket){
    if(OrderSelect(_ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET)){
       return(OrderCloseTime()==0);
    }else{
       int error=GetLastError();
       return(error!=4108 && error!=4051);
    }
 }

    In order to check if the order is closed by SL or TP or any other reason - you should select the order from the OrdersHistory() and then check comment (often '[sl]' or '[tp]' is added to comment) or compare close price and SL and TP